Putting a copyright notice that automatically update

There are various ways of putting copyright notices on your blogs including typing your own and if you want to include the © symbol, you will have to use the code to display the © symbol. For clearer explanation, refer to How to put a copyright notice to your blog. This post was written for the old classic Blogger template, but you can modify it for the New Blogger if you know how New Blogger works. If not, refer to the bottom section of this post.

If your blog content has been copied, or you want a way to discourage would-be copycats, refer to this post: What to do if your blog content is copied, or you want to warn off would-be copycats (click BACK button to get back to this page).

Anyway, there is an easier way and a way to do copyright notice which can enable you to keep the copyright notice up-to-date automatically, and that is to use this copyright notice generator: Automatic always up-to-date copyright notice generator. I have used it to generate a copyright notice for this blog: Dummies Guide to Google Blogger. The copyright notice is at the footer of the blog. If you return to the blog next year, you will see that notice updated to year 2008.

The above copyright notice generator is very easy to use and is self-explanatory. Just input the relevant data and make your choices, and when you are done, just click the [generate] button and a window will appear with the script which you can copy and paste into a HTML/Javascript widget window of the Add a Page Element of the LAYOUT. The most suitable Add a Page Element to click to do that should be in the footer section of the LAYOUT, and that is what I have done for the blog Dummies Guide to Google Blogger.

I think I will probably do the same thing for my other blogs, including this one.

How to put the script mentioned above into your blog

If you are using the New Blogger template, sign into Blogger Dashboard and click LAYOUT for the blog where you want to put the script (or click the TEMPLATE tab if you are already in the Dashboard of the particular blog) and you will be taken to the Layout page. Click "Add a Page Element" in the footer section of the Layout, chose HTML/Javascript and click "Save to blog". Paste the script into the window and click "Save". The new HTML/Javascript Page Element will appear at the top of other page elements if you have other Page Elements in the footer. Most likely, you will want the notice to appear right at the bottom of the blog, in which case, hover your mouse over the new Page Element. The cursor will change to a cross. Drag the Page Element to the bottom of the footer. Click "Save" at the top right of the Page. Click "View blog" to make sure everything is as you want it.